Micro-credentials for climate action

Dr. Cox received Research and Professional Development funds to address the needs of the ResilienceByDesign Innovation Lab in designing and implementing micro-credentials.

Increasingly, adult learners and working professionals are looking for educational opportunities that provide them with niche skills and knowledge in an efficient, accessible and accredited way. The ResilienceByDesign Innovation Lab (RbD), is in need of a coherent approach to developing and delivering micro-credentials such as badges and other digital credentials as part of their ongoing capacity building research with youth (e.g., Resilience Innovation Skills Certificate), the personalized learning design of the new Master of Arts in Climate Action Leadership (MACAL), and the ongoing collaboration between the RbD and Royal Roads University’s Continuing Studies and Professional Development.